A MAN got his first organic erection in almost three decades after using a breakthrough gadget to treat erectile dysfunction.

Robert Haliburton, 70, had suffered from ED from the age of 43 and was "blown away" when he suddenly got one while watching Lady Chatterley's Lover .

Having problems getting or maintaining an erection is particularly common in men over 40, and will often be caused by factors such as stress and tiredness, or conditions like high blood pressure or diabetes.

But for Robert - a retired chartered accountant living just outside of Ottawa, Canada - the cause of ED was slightly more dramatic.

In 1997, the dad-of-two fell off a roof and fractured two vertebrae .

He endured a long and painful recovery, realising afterwards that he struggled to get or maintain an

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